Senior AI Tools Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance (Lead)

Visionist, Inc.

Laurel (MD)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 240,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

100% employee-owned company
15% retirement contribution (5% 401K +

Job summary

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications to design and deliver AI-powered tools for its government-focused teams. The role emphasizes production-grade software, reliability, and strong customer collaboration.

You will lead a small engineering group, coordinate with analysts and engineers, and advance tooling that supports mission-critical operations on a funded PRIME contract.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (or 4 years of additional experience).
  • 12 years of software development experience.
  • Expertise in UI/UX principles.
  • Mastery of Python.
  • Experience with LLMs in code workflows.
  • Production software development and maintenance.
  • Kubernetes/Helm experience.
  • SRE best practices for production systems.
  • Docker and containerization.
  • Willingness to lead and mentor junior developers.
  • Strong communication and learning agility.
  • Familiar with AWS or other cloud providers.
  • Familiar with Argo CD and CI/CD frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-quality AI tools and applications for workforce use.
  • Ensure availability, performance, and security of AI tools.
  • Modify FOSS to fit customer use cases.
  • Engage with customers to elicit requirements and craft solutions.
  • Maintain existing customer-facing infrastructure and services.
  • Lead AI Tools and Applications initiatives across teams.
  • Provide coaching and feedback to team members.
  • Act as POC for contract administration functions.
  • Tackle ambiguity and define solutions for complex systems.
  • Establish technical policies, standards, and governance.
  • Drive adoption of new technologies across engineering teams.
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for AI services.
  • Ensure availability, reliability, and security of components.
  • Communicate with stakeholders at multiple levels.

Skills

UI/UX principles
Python
LLMs
Team leadership
Cloud services
Communication
Ambiguity mastery

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes
Helm
Docker
Argo CD
CI/CD frameworks
AWS

Job description

Visionist, Inc. seeks a Senior Software Engineer - Tools and Applications to design and deliver AI-powered tools for its government-focused teams. The role emphasizes production-grade software, reliability, and strong customer collaboration.

You will lead a small engineering group, coordinate with analysts and engineers, and advance tooling that supports mission-critical operations on a funded PRIME contract.

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